Estelle Parsons

She also played the part of Roseanne's mother Beverly, in the sitcom Roseanne. She still works as an actress and producer, and has also created a line of skin care products and written three books about beauty and skin-care. She also received a BAFTA Award nomination for her role in Watermelon Man (1970), and appeared in I Never Sang for My Father (1971), For Pete's Sake (1975), Dick Tracy (1992) and Boys on the Side (1995). She left the show after nine years, and began her own production company, Victoria Principal Productions. Her film career includes an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for Bonnie and Clyde (1967), and a nomination for Rachel, Rachel (1968). She agreed - and then landed the role of Pamela Ewing on Dallas. She has received Tony Award nominations for her work in The Seven Descents of Myrtle (1968), And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little (1971), Miss Margarida's Way (1978) and Mornings at Seven (2002). Principal planned on going to law school and later become a studio executive, but Aaron Spelling offered her one year's tuition to accept a role in the pilot of Fantasy Island.

Moving to New York, she worked as a writer, producer and commentator for The Today Show. Four years later, disappointed with her career, she quit acting and for the next three years worked as an agent. Parsons originally studied law, and then worked as a singer with a band before settling on an acting career in the early 1950's. Her first film was as a Mexican mistress in Paul Newman's The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean. Estelle Parsons (born November 20, 1927 in Marblehead, Massachusetts) is an American theater, film and television actress. She studied at RADA in London, and moved to Los Angeles in 1971. She moved to New York, and worked as a model and actress.

She enrolled at Miami-Dade Community College, and wanted to study chiropractic medicine, but serious injures in a car crash at age 18 made her refocus her energy on acting. She acted in a commercial when five and began modeling in high school. Air Force, moved constantly, and she grew up in London, Florida, Puerto Rico, Massachusetts, and Georgia, among other places, attending 17 different schools. Her father, a sergeant in the U.S.

Victoria was the elder of two daughters born to Victor Principal and Ree Veal. She is also well-known for her line of cosmetic products. Victoria Principal (born January 3, 1946 in Fukuoka, Japan) is an American actress, best known for her role as Pamela Barnes Ewing on the CBS nighttime drama Dallas from 1978 to 1987.